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On August 20, 2021, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos,”CNH”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution CNH.E.22.008/2021 by which several provisions of the guidelines that regulate the Exploration and Development Plans for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons are modified, added and repealed (the “Resolution”).

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A district judge has temporarily suspended with general effects the amendment to the Hydrocarbons Law eliminating PEMEX’s asymmetric regulation.  Please see Legal Update at link below for all details.

https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/perspectives-events/publications/2021/06/mexico-district-judge-suspends-amendment-of-hydrocarbons-law-that-repealed-pemexs-asymmetric-regulation?utm_source=vuture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign={vx:campaign%20name}

 

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The amendment to the Hydrocarbons Law regarding asymmetric regulation has been published in the Federal Official Gazette, becoming effective as of May 20, 2021.  Additional details at the link below.

https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/perspectives-events/publications/2021/05/mexico-amendment-to-hydrocarbons-law-regarding-asymmetric-regulation-is-published?utm_source=vuture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign={vx:campaign%20name}

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Two district judges have temporarily suspended certain provisions of the amendment to the Hydrocarbons Law.  Please see full story at link below.

https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/perspectives-events/publications/2021/05/mexico-amendment-to-hydrocarbons-law-is-partially-suspended?utm_source=vuture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign={vx:campaign%20name}

On May 4, 2021, the first amendment to Mexico’s Hydrocarbons Law was published in the Federal Official Gazette, with the legislative process having concluded on April 22, 2021, after a heated debate during a plenary session of the Senate (the “Amendment”).

The Amendment modifies core aspects of the permits necessary to perform midstream

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Another amendment to the Hydrocarbons Law has been approved, ending the power of the Energy Regulatory Commission to enforce asymmetric regulation in the hydrocarbon, petroleum products and petrochemical markets.  The Legal Update at the link below explains the scope and implications of such proposed amendment.

https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/perspectives-events/publications/2021/04/mexico-another-amendment-to-hydrocarbons-law-would-eliminate-asymmetric-regulation-for-pemex?utm_source=vuture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign={vx:campaign%20name}

The House of Representatives approved the draft of an initiative to reform the Hydrocarbons Law with minor modifications notwithstanding the antitrust watchdog (COFECE) opinion. The Senate’s approval is next.

For more details on the approval and the next steps, see our legal update.

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On March 26, 2021, the Mexican House of Representatives published in the Parliamentary Gazette an initiative to amend certain provisions of the Hydrocarbons Law, an amendment directly proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

This Legal Update details the content of such initiative and the next steps for its approval.